Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 February 2014

Public Accounts Committee

Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion

12:10 pm

Ms Marie Kelly:

Yes. Our clients are funded only on the days they are in. They are not funded if they are off the course. We need to work on full occupancy. We provided an additional 144 places at the reduced fee. That was part of our efficiency. We changed the assessment process quite significantly in that we changed the application, we interviewed candidates, we carried out health reports for individuals before they started on the programme, including assessing their risk factors, and there was greater involvement by psychologists. We looked at the motor reviews of the individuals by the rehabilitation officer and the regional psychologist. We streamlined and made the process more focused on the learner in order to reduce the number of people who were placed on a course that did not suit all their needs.

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